Create a .BAT file using following script
MachineName is your server name
domain\account is account you want to set for SQL server service account
Pwd1234 is new password
Step 1 is to change credentials
Step 2 is to stop the service since changes do not take effect unless service is restarted
Step 3 is to start the service
Put this code in a batch file and run it from command prompt.
echo "changing pwd"
sc \\MachineName config "MSSQLSERVER" obj= domain\account password= Pwd1234 > ChangePwd.txt
echo "pwd changed"
pause
echo "stopping svr"
sc \\MachineName stop "MSSQLSERVER" > SvrStop.txt
echo "svr stopped please verify"
pause
echo "starting svr"
sc \\MachineName start "MSSQLSERVER" > SvrStart.txt
echo "svr started please verify"
pause
All output will be logged in 3 log files namely
ChangePwd.txt
SvrStop.txt
SvrStart.txt
You need to have admin rights on the machine
For details on SC (service controller) utility please check following link
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490995.aspx
MachineName is your server name
domain\account is account you want to set for SQL server service account
Pwd1234 is new password
Step 1 is to change credentials
Step 2 is to stop the service since changes do not take effect unless service is restarted
Step 3 is to start the service
Put this code in a batch file and run it from command prompt.
echo "changing pwd"
sc \\MachineName config "MSSQLSERVER" obj= domain\account password= Pwd1234 > ChangePwd.txt
echo "pwd changed"
pause
echo "stopping svr"
sc \\MachineName stop "MSSQLSERVER" > SvrStop.txt
echo "svr stopped please verify"
pause
echo "starting svr"
sc \\MachineName start "MSSQLSERVER" > SvrStart.txt
echo "svr started please verify"
pause
All output will be logged in 3 log files namely
ChangePwd.txt
SvrStop.txt
SvrStart.txt
You need to have admin rights on the machine
For details on SC (service controller) utility please check following link
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490995.aspx
